Education

Education March 1, 2023

Georgia Senate panel takes latest shot at passing school voucher bill opposed by public educators

by Ross Williams, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] March 1, 2023 A new school voucher bill passed out of a Senate committee…

Education February 27, 2023

Governor’s priority school safety training bill passes Georgia House despite gun safety concerns

by Ross Williams, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] February 27, 2023 A school safety bill Gov. Brian Kemp named as a top…

Education February 27, 2023

Black student loan borrowers at risk as U.S. Supreme Court weighs forgiveness plan

by Ariana Figueroa, Georgia Recorder [This article first appeared in the Georgia Recorder, republished with permission] February 26, 2023 WASHINGTON — As the Biden administration prepares to defend its student…

Education February 23, 2023

State sides with mom who said Cobb County School District denied disability services

By Rebecca Gaunt Brenda Rodriguez said she was in disbelief when the IEP team for her nonverbal 5-year-old son, who has Down Syndrome and feeding issues, denied her request for…

A screenshot of Cobb school superintendent Chris Ragsdale seated at a podium talking

Education February 17, 2023

Ragsdale’s teacher retention plan to cover cost of advanced degrees

By Rebecca Gaunt Cobb County teachers will have the chance to earn an advanced degree at no personal cost under Superintendent Chris Ragsdale’s new teacher retention plan called Georgia’s BEST…

Education February 16, 2023

Is it time for teachers to get a raise?

by Michael Addonizio, Wayne State University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] In his 2023 State of the Union address, President Joe Biden called for public…

Democratic school board members Becky Sayler, Leroy Tre’ Hutchins, and Nichelle Davis onstage at a town hall at South Cobb High School.

Education February 12, 2023

Cobb school board’s Dems question lack of accountability in district’s strategic plan

By Rebecca Gaunt “What is the progress monitoring, metric system, anything that’s going to tell us we’re on the right path? We’re making progress in these areas? Without that, is…

Education February 9, 2023

Public school enrollment dropped by 1.2M during the pandemic – an expert discusses where the students went and why it matters

by Thomas Dee, Stanford University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Student learning took a big hit during the COVID-19 pandemic. Just how much is only…

Education February 3, 2023

New Advanced Placement African American Studies course is a watered down version of itself

by Suneal Kolluri, University of California, Riverside, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] On February 1, 2023– the first day of Black History Month – the…

Education January 25, 2023

The SAT and ACT are less important than you might think

by Mary L. Churchill, Boston University, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] College admission tests are becoming a thing of the past. More than 80% of…

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